Accordmédicaments
les médicaments
medicines
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How do you say médicaments in French?
How do you pronounce médicaments in French?
médicaments is pronounced /le medikamɑ̃/ in French.
Example sentences
Le médicament nouveau est très efficace contre la grippe.
The new medicine is very effective against the flu.
Ce médicament puissant a sauvé de nombreux patients malades.
This powerful medicine saved many sick patients.
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Why is it masculine?
Médicaments is masculine because it derives from the Latin "medicamentum," a neuter noun. In Old French, Latin neuter nouns ending in "-um" typically became masculine through regular sound changes, as the neuter gender collapsed into the masculine gender in Romance languages. The "-um" ending regularly developed into the French "-ment" suffix.
What is the French word for medicines?
The French word for medicines is les médicaments — masculine.
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